+drat19 Posted March 19, 2003 Posted March 19, 2003 Anyone seen any info/articles on if/when they might turn SA back on for the impending war? If so, could you please post links? -Dave R. in Biloxi Quote
+Renegade Knight Posted March 19, 2003 Posted March 19, 2003 Tons. Check out the general forum. But my take is the military won't annonce anything until after they do it. Secrecy is the nature of war. Wherever you go there you are. Quote
Hollister Posted March 20, 2003 Posted March 20, 2003 Link quote:. . . “Why screw with good people who vote, like me, by screwing with my toys here at home?” one journalist complained Wednesday on an e-mail discussion list. Richard Langley, a University of New Brunswick geodesy professor who has studied GPS for 20 years, told MSNBC.com that civilian users probably have nothing to worry about. Back in 2000, the U.S. military said it wouldn’t go back to the bad old days of “intentional degradation” of GPS signals. Instead, it would use more targeted tactics, including selective signal-jamming in the theater of military operations. “People outside the theater can expect to use GPS as they have. ... Of course, national security overrides any statement that may have been made,” Langley said . . . Quote
Kerry. Posted March 20, 2003 Posted March 20, 2003 Yeah, lots of useless information from questionable Journo's. Anybody expecting SA to be re-activated will probably be in for rather a long wait. Cheers, Kerry. I never get lost everybody keeps telling me where to go Quote
Han Solo Posted March 20, 2003 Posted March 20, 2003 Check this out... https://www.peterson.af.mil/GPS_Support/ If SA was on, it would probably be posted here. Quote
NuclearWinter Posted March 21, 2003 Posted March 21, 2003 Selective Availability will NOT be reintroduced. The Pentagon has stated it over and over. In fact, during the first Gulf War, it was turned OFF! Yes, SA could be turned back on just by a simple command to set the degradation to a certain point, but as has been stated numerous times before, if they need to block GPS, they will do it in a regional manner. The Air Force can send up planes with electronics on board to completely disrupt the civilian channels of the GPS system over Iraq. There is no reason for them to reintroduce SA in the US or anywhere else worldwide when it is so widely used for emergency services (Civil Air Patrol in locating downed aircraft, OnStar and other in-car GPS assisted systems, etc.). Please kill the rumor! Your GPS service isn't going to be affected. http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/FGCS/info/sans_SA/docs/GPS_SA_Event_QAs.pdf <- SA FAQ. William Barnhill "NuclearWinter" http://www.friedsilicon.net Quote
Kerry. Posted March 21, 2003 Posted March 21, 2003 quote:Originally posted by NuclearWinter:.... Please kill the rumor! Your GPS service isn't going to be affected. And the sooner everyone drops this "expectation" that SA will be back the better. From actual data that's available in the Gulf region I'd even hazard a guess that the systems's performance has actually improved "considerably" in the past 48 hours compared to the past few weeks. Still requires trending over the next few days to validate but there's certainly appears an improvement right at this time. Cheers, Kerry. I never get lost everybody keeps telling me where to go Quote
Tiger(Hilux!) Posted March 21, 2003 Posted March 21, 2003 Hey, why not post a $25 million reward for any Iraki who will give the exact GPS coordinate where Saddam is sleeping. He could post it as a new cache and smart bombs equipped with GPS would go on the trail!! lol Quote
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